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Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark has raised concerns about the actions of former Rivers State Governor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, questioned Wike’s retention of party structures despite publicly stating that he would not run against the President in the 2027 presidential election. Clark highlighted the irony of Wike, previously an opponent of godfatherism, now allegedly seeking to control party structures, particularly in Rivers State, potentially influencing the governance of…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan A 200-level student at the University of Ibadan’s Facultyof Law, Faith Adegoke, has allegedly raped a 100 level student on campus. Information gathered indicated that the 17-year-old law faculty public relations officer had reportedly committed the crime against the fresh student who had gone out with other girls for night reading to get ready for her exams. According to report, when the lights went out in the lecture hall where the victim was reading, it was said that she left to take a nap at the student union building, when the suspect sexually assaulted her.…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Osun State government, on Tuesday, ordered a full investigation into the reported cases of food poisoning at Saint James Primary School B, Owoope Osogbo. The State Governor, Ademola Adeleke directed immediate action after the matter was officially reported to him by the Special Adviser on O-Meal, Grace Oluwaseyi Ayodele, a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi revealed. The statement obtained by Daily Monitor on Tuesday also revealed that Governor Adeleke has also directed a stoppage of further food cooking at the affected school pending the outcome of the investigations. According to the…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has broken a 24-year-old jinx to win the 2023 Men’s Player of the Year. Osimhen triumphed over Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah to win the coveted trophy during the CAF 2023 Awards held in Marrakech, Morocco, on Monday Osimhen was only months old when Super Eagles legend Nwankwo Kanu was named CAF Player of the Year in 1999, and since then, no Nigerian footballer has ever won the award. He has now become the first player from the West African nation to win the award in 24 years…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan The Federal Government has removed the importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and its equipment from the payment of customs duty and value-added tax (VAT). The move is expected to result in a drop in the cost of cooking gas in the country. The Ministry of Finance disclosed this in a letter dated November 28, 2023, to the Special Adviser to the President on Energy; the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS); and the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The letter was signed by Wale Edun, the minister of finance and coordinating minister…

The Office of the Vice President of Nigeria paid the sum of N10 million to offset hotel bills incurred by guests of Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, President Bola Tinubu’s daughter, FIJ has learned. On November 17, 2023, the vice president’s office paid the sum to Royal Pacific Group, and the payment description states, “Payment in favour of Fraser Suites, Abuja, Nigeria, for the settlement of hotel accommodation bills for the service rendered to guests of Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo”. FIJ found records of this transaction on the BudgIT Govspend platform  as scraped from the publicly available Open Treasury Portal. Nigerian traders. Popularly referred…

From Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa In furtherance of the mandate for pastor Reuben’s initiative for good leadership and accountability, the founder Chief Pastor Reuben Clifford Wilson has set up a debate competition for secondary school students in SSS three in the six South South states of Nigeria to be held in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital. The competition will hold on the 23rd of December, 2023 as winners would be awarded cash prizes and scholarships. Pastor Wilson made the pronouncement during an exclusive interview session with Choice TV in Yenagoa and noted that the competition is to encourage and promote…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has acknowledged there is scarcity of naira notes in the country, even as the apax bank gave reasons for such. CBN’s admittance following a series of complaints by some bank customers on the scarcity of naira notes at the counters, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Points of Sale (PoS), and Bureaux de Change (BDCs). In a statement issued by the Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, the apex bank said the seeming currency scarcity was occasioned by large volume withdrawals of cash from various CBN branches by Deposit Money Banks (DMBs). It…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Following Sunday’s killing of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Corps Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu, has directed that vehicles conveying humans and animals together should be impounded. Apart from those that died in the Sunday crash, 27 other passengers sustained injuries in the accident that involved 65 persons. The crash occurred at about 5:20 am when the driver of the articulated vehicle, overloaded with goods and humans and travelling at high speed, lost control and fell into a ditch on the highway. “To reverse…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan A Long – Serving Broadcaster At NTA Network News, Aisha Bello Is Dead A reliable source from the NTA family informed our correspondent that Aisha’s funeral prayer will take place on Monday at 1 pm at the National Mosque. Aisha Bello Mustapha was the  General Manager  NTA Parliament and was among the popular casters on NTA Network News at 9 PM in the ’90s and early 20’s She retired in May 2022 after thirty five years in service. The statement reads as follows “Innalilahi wa inna Alaihin Rajiun. May Allah forgive our Mother Hajia…